A Popular Account of Discoveries at NinevehHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 360 oldal |
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3. oldal
... mound of Kalah Sherghat , a vast ruin on the Tigris , about fifty miles below its junction with the Zab . As we ... mounds bounded it to the east , and one of a pyramidical form rose high above the rest . Be- yond it could be faintly ...
... mound of Kalah Sherghat , a vast ruin on the Tigris , about fifty miles below its junction with the Zab . As we ... mounds bounded it to the east , and one of a pyramidical form rose high above the rest . Be- yond it could be faintly ...
4. oldal
... mound , served to prove that it owed its construction to the people who had founded the city of which Nimroud is the remains . There was a tradition current amongst the Arabs , that strange figures carved in black stone still existed ...
... mound , served to prove that it owed its construction to the people who had founded the city of which Nimroud is the remains . There was a tradition current amongst the Arabs , that strange figures carved in black stone still existed ...
5. oldal
... mound rising like a hill from the scorched plain , the fragments of pottery , and the stupendous mass of brickwork occasionally laid bare by the winter rains . He has left the land where nature is still lovely , where , in his mind's ...
... mound rising like a hill from the scorched plain , the fragments of pottery , and the stupendous mass of brickwork occasionally laid bare by the winter rains . He has left the land where nature is still lovely , where , in his mind's ...
7. oldal
... mound of Hammum Ali . He was telling me of the histories and fate of the kings of a primitive race , still the favorite theme of the inhabitants of the plains of Shinar , when the last glow of twilight faded away , and I fell asleep as ...
... mound of Hammum Ali . He was telling me of the histories and fate of the kings of a primitive race , still the favorite theme of the inhabitants of the plains of Shinar , when the last glow of twilight faded away , and I fell asleep as ...
8. oldal
... mound of Kouyunjik ; and to him is due the honour of having found the first Assyrian monument . This remarkable discovery owed its origin to the following circum- stances . The small party employed by M. Botta were at work on Kouyunjik ...
... mound of Kouyunjik ; and to him is due the honour of having found the first Assyrian monument . This remarkable discovery owed its origin to the following circum- stances . The small party employed by M. Botta were at work on Kouyunjik ...
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Abd-ur-rahman alabaster Amadiyah amongst ancient appear Arabs Asheetha Assyrian Baghdad banks bas-reliefs Beder Khan Bey British Museum brought building carried castle Cawass centre Chaldæans chamber chariot chief Christians descended desert Diodorus Siculus discovered discovery distance earth edifice encampment entrance eunuchs Euphrates excavations feet formed fragments head Hormuzd Rassam horsemen horses houses human-headed Ibrahim Agha inhabitants inscriptions Ismail Pasha Jebours journey Kalah Kalah Sherghat Kasha Khorsabad king Kouyunjik Kurdish Kurds lions Melek Mesopotamia monuments Mosul mound mountains Mussulmans N. W. Palace Nestorian night Nimroud Nineveh ornaments party Pasha plain plunder priests principal probably raft Rassam ravine reached remains resembling river rocks rode round rubbish ruins sacred scarcely sculptures Shammar Sheikh Adi Sheikh Nasr side Sinjar slabs Sofuk stones sun-dried bricks tents Tigris Tiyari Tkhoma tomb trees trenches tribe valley village walls warriors whilst winged bulls winged figures women workmen Yezidis